1. Satan Is Real - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
2. There's a Higher Power - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
3. The Christian Life - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
4. The River of Jordan - The Louvin Brothers, Houser, Hazel
5. The Kneeling Drunkard's Plea - The Louvin Brothers, Carter, Helen
6. Are You Afraid to Die - The Louvin Brothers, Hill, Eddie
7. He Can Be Found - The Louvin Brothers, Barrett, Ella
8. Dying from Home, And Lost - The Louvin Brothers, Traditional
9. The Drunkard's Doom - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
10. Satan's Jeweled Crown - The Louvin Brothers, Eden, Edgar
11. The Angels Rejoiced Last Night - The Louvin Brothers, Louvin, Charlie
12. I'm Ready to Go Home - The Louvin Brothers, Houser, Hazel
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This CD is a reissue of the best-known gospel album by one of country's best-known brother duos and gospel groups. It's the original source for, among other gems, "The Christian Life," written by Charlie and Ira Louvin and popularized among hippies by the Gram Parsons-era Byrds. These tracks were all written by professional songwriters and tend to have more ingenuity and offbeat imagery than standard hymns and spirituals. The duo sings some in the smooth style of their original mentors, the Delmore Brothers, and others in rough, backwoods harmonies. And don't kid yourself, Billy Sunday would have danced with Mr. D himself for a program cover that equaled this set's cover art. --John Morthland
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Satan Is Real
- Audio CD: 0 pages (1996-07-23)
- Publisher: Capitol
- Label: Capitol
- Studio: Capitol
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 24 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #27546
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Summary: Wonderful!!! 2008-06-26
Comment: Transaction was great, more then great t be honest. I love this album and have been looking for it for years and didn't think it would come out on a CD. I'm thankful it did and I play it very often.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: The only thing better... 2007-12-16
Comment: The only thing better than this wonderful record, is to listen to it while drinking a tall glass of Tuscan milk, which coincidentally, can also be purchased here on Amazon.com.
While this album makes plain the existence of Satan, in doing so to brings a face to evil. Much as Tuscan milk proves the existence of Angels, God, Jesus and a swell afterlife.
The Louvin Brothers use their voices like cutlasses, cutting into the flesh of Beezlebub on every track. It's obvious to even the least ardent music fan that the brothers were heavily influenced by legends such as Jimi Hendrix, Herb Alpert and of course Nick "Hurrr" Gilder.
With all of these facts staring you in the face, why have you still not bought this album and some Tuscan milk? Do you want to burn in Hades for all of eternity?
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Satan Is Real 2007-01-16
Comment: THIS IS THE BEST GOSPLE SONG, THIS CD WILL LET YOU GET CLOSER TO CHRIST
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: All Christian Rockers Should Listen and Learn From This GREAT Lyrical Content! 2006-01-16
Comment: These two Louvin Brothers were an acoustic, country duo. Their singing harmonies are terrific, and their melodies and song hooks are very catchy. If you enjoy acoustic guitar strumming and gospel lyrics, then you cannot go wrong with this CD!
Sometimes the lyrics are funny, sometimes sad, but always openly and overtly about God, Jesus, the Bible, and living like you love all three = the Christian lifestyle.
These Louvin Brothers have filled the songs with Christian and Bible themes, and there is nothing ambiguous about the lyrics and song titles.
I wish every Contemporary Christian Rock artist would listen and learn from the great lyrical content on this album! Too often, these days, the current bestselling "Christian" artists have album and song titles, and lyrics, which are very vague about any Christian content, IF ANY CHRISTIAN CONTENT CAN EVEN BE FOUND! Most of these contemporary artists are so ashamed of the Gospel that they don't want to look uncool by being open about an overtly Christian message. They mostly relegate all mention of Jesus to their CD liner notes, but reading their song titles, or reading their lyrics, you can't find anything that is Christian in nature. They want the song to be about anything you want to think it is about, so you won't be offended that they are secretly thinking about God, but it sounds like they are singing about their boyfriends or girlfriends, etc. As if they hope to "crossover" into secular music by watering down the Christian content of the lyrics and titles. Rebecca St. James is the only rare exception that I can think of concerning this awful trendiness, she uses plenty of titles and lyrics that leave no doubt about meaning Jesus and God, period.
This Louvin Brothers album, SATAN IS REAL, is full of good, sound theology! Apart from an Elvis Presley Gospel compilation, this is the single best CD of Christian music that I own, and it is especially impressive since it was originally released with all these great songs, from the get go. This is NOT a compilation made up and collected over many years and albums worth of songs, in a greatest hits fashion. They released this studio album all by itself, and it stands as a powerful Christian witness, and an overlooked milestone in Christian recorded music history.
1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: SATIN IS REAL 2005-10-07
Comment: ABOUT THE LOUVIN BROTHERS, THEY ARE REALLY GREAT & WONDERFUL.
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